Calium Chloride + Sodium Bicarbonate

[mschwartz]

All,

When Calcium Chloride is added to water, you get wanted calcium ions and unwanted chloride ions. Does Sodium Bicarbonate (baking soda) break up into sodium ions and bicarbonate ions?

If so, wouldn't the chloride ions combine with the sodium ions to form NaCl, salt? It probably isn't a perfectly balanced equation, but it seems that it could mitigate the usefulness of calcium chloride.

If each is added in *small* quantities, say Calcium Chloride in the early a.m. and Sodium Bicarbonate in the early p.m., couldn't they become a useful adjunct to regular kalkwasser use, if kalkwasswer alone was not supplying enough calcium to meet the daily demands of a given system (as is my case).

Thanks in advance.

 

[Bdynes]

To add another element to the question, does anyone know what ratio, by weight that Sodium Bicarb and Calcium Chloride can be used so as to be balanced.

 

[randy holmes-farley]

Does Sodium Bicarbonate (baking soda) break up into sodium ions and bicarbonate ions?


Yes, it does.

If so, wouldn't the chloride ions combine with the sodium ions to form NaCl, salt? It probably isn't a perfectly balanced equation, but it seems that it could mitigate the usefulness of calcium chloride.

They are both in solution, but the solubility of NaCl is very high, and it doesn't precipitate.

If each is added in *small* quantities, say Calcium Chloride in the early a.m. and Sodium Bicarbonate in the early p.m., couldn't they become a useful adjunct to regular kalkwasser use, if kalkwasswer alone was not supplying enough calcium to meet the daily demands of a given system (as is my case).

It can be yes. I prefer balanced calcium and alkalinity additives, but those certainly work.